Where Islam spreads, freedom dies

Police detained a woman in the Brussels borough of Schaarbeek on Tuesday because she was wearing a niqab. The garment is a full veil sometimes worn by Muslim women that only leaves the eyes uncovered. It is banned in Belgium.

The incident arose when the police attempted to check the woman's identity. Police officer Roland Thiébault :"Her husband refused to let us carry out an identity check invoking the woman's human rights. The couple became more and more aggressive and then a bystander intervened. This person too created a serious disturbance on the public highway. The three people were then taken to the police station to check the woman's identity and draw up a police report. There was a violation of the ban on wearing the burqa. Resistance was offered to police officers. There was slander and threats were issued at the police."

Belgium banned the burqa in public because it prevents the identification of the wearer. The woman now risks a 50 euro fine. The two men too face a prosecution.

This account seems to play down the severity of the incident. The DHNET report describes the same incident as a "riot" and contains more interesting detail.

A request [that the woman should unveil] that the woman's husband could not tolerate. Refusing to accept that his wife should submit to the orders of the police, the man started to yell, attracting a crowd.

It was then that another individual, a certain Bernard, incited the crowd to riot, shouting that it was necessary to smash everything and protect "the community".

Faced with police of Moroccan origin, this same man produced a series of insults, in particular describing them as "traitors". The police had to use pepper-spray to disperse those involved.

It is one thing to break the law, and it is another to do so, with a deliberate intention to subvert a country's laws and historic traditions.

For such a crime 50 Euros is not just foolish but actually an encouragement to the 5th columnists. Deportation with the entire family, is the only answer, as a Muslim woman is unlikely to do such an act without the family's full agreement.